Chapter 967

“Don’t worry,” Noah said softly. “I’m using a cover identity. The focus isn’t on me.”

Hearing that, Charlotte finally felt a deep sense of relief.

“But… I thought you left,” she murmured.

Noah didn’t answer immediately. He simply looked at her.

He had left.

Neither Ethan nor Khloe could keep him.

Yet, Charlotte’s heart had pulled him back.

Noah suddenly understood what Spence had once said: the heart’s resting place is often where one is

willing to be buried. But to live without regret-that is life’s meaning.

“Charlotte… I want to stay,” he said.

Charlotte froze, stunned, thinking she hadn’t heard him correctly.

“You… said what?”

her gaze. His eyes, usually calm and unreadable, now shimmered with gentle

said… I want to

voice soft but deliberate, each syllable weighted with

the edge of the

flickered, a spark of joy breaking through instinctively. “But… you said… you

filtered through the curtains, brushing across his face and

quietly. “Even when I encounter

He lowered his head and gently clasped her hand

can’t promise forever… but I want to ask-do you…

‘Stay.’

like it could vanish

“I do.”

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answered before he could finish. Her eyes carried a delicate flush of color, her decision so decisive it

help but smile. “You don’t even

again… I want it,” she said, pouting

can I ask for

She nodded

He raised a hand and let his fingertip brush lightly against her cheek. His fingers were cool, calloused, yet careful, as if afraid

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